2018 WFDF Congress Briefing Book
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WFDF Congress Friday/Saturday, July 13/14 2018 Cincinnati, USA Briefing Book Friday 13th July, 2018 16:00 - 20:00 (Part 1, Topics for vote and official business) Saturday 14th July, 2018 08:00 - 12:00 (Part 2, Presentations, Discussions and Open Forum) Cincinnati Marriott Northeast 9664 S Mason Montgomery Road Mason, Ohio 45040 USA Phone : +1 513-459-9800 WORLD FLYING DISC FEDERATION Administrative Office: Enggasse 2a, D - 55296 Harxheim / Germany Phone: +49 (0) 176/64197702 eMail: [email protected] www.wfdf.org For more information please contact: Volker Bernardi, Executive Director World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF), Enggasse 2a, D - 55296 Harxheim, GERMANY Mobile: +49 176 64 19 77 02, eMail: [email protected] 1 May 13, 2013 Dear WFDF members: We are providing this briefing book to give you information in advance of WFDF’s Annual Congress, which is scheduled for Friday evening and Saturday morning July 13-14, 2018 in Cincinnati in conjunction with the WFDF 2018 World Ultimate Club Championships. Our Annual Congress is composed of several types of discussions. First, there are the business matters of the federation requiring voting approval of the members: approval of the proposed budget, acceptance of the financial statements, approval of the Auditor, the annual risk assessment, and approval of key play related matters. Second there are a variety of presentations made to apprise you of our activities: the Census, survey, various WFDF sanctioned events, the disc sport committees, the work of the Commissions, development work, and anti-doping issues. Finally, we like to encourage an open dialogue among the Members on various topics of interest. This year will feature two discussion topics: “Targeting the 2024 and 2028 Olympic Games” and “Development and Governance of a MNA – the case study of South Korea.” We will also be considering the adoption of a revised set of Bylaws, the first major revision since 2008, reflecting the work of the task force set up to review the issues over the last year, and we look forward to getting your input on this and all matters during our session. Although we are sending this version of the briefing book out now to meet the minimum notice periods on issues requiring votes, we will be sending a revised version in mid-June to provide additional background materials relating to issues for review and discussion as opposed to voting. We are in the midst of completing our audit, which has been delayed as we have yet to get the final accounts from WBUC, and so we include the management accounting statement for 2017 for your review and expect to provide the full audited financial statements in the final briefing package. As always, thanks for your support and I look forward to seeing many of you in Cincinnati in July. Very truly yours, Robert “Nob” Rauch President 2 WFDF 2018 Annual Congress Agenda CINCINNATI MARRIOTT NORTHEAST +1 513-459-9800 9664 S Mason Montgomery Road, Mason, Ohio 45040 USA Friday, July 13, 2018, 16:00 - 20:00 and Saturday, July 14, 2018, 08:00 - 12:00 Friday, July 13, 2018, 16:00 - 20:00 Agenda Item Presenter Time Vote Page 1 Call to order President 15 min. 2 Roll call of National Associations present & confirmation of votes allotted Executive Director / 15 min. Secretary 3 2017 Congress Minutes (already approved) Secretary 2 min. 4 4 Decisions taken by Congress between 2017 and 2018 Congresses Secretary 3 min. 11 5 Report by the President President 15 min. 6 Report by the Executive Director Executive Director 15 min. 7 Review of 2018 Member Census Secretary 10 min. 8 WFDF Anti-Doping Program & WADA Compliance Executive Director 45 min. 13 BREAK 9 Annual Risk Assessment President 10 min. X 15 10 IOC Recognition - Overview and Update - WFDF participation in Multi-Sport Games - President / Executive 30 min. international governance issues Director 11 WFDF Bylaws revision Task Force report and process - update President 30 min. X 17 12 Financial Report Treasurer 20 min. 47 a) 2018 Dues b) Vote: Approval of Change of Player Sanctioning Fees for WFDF events X 47 c) Vote: Approval of 2019 budget X 48 d) Presentation of year end 2017 and interim 2018 reports 54 e) Vote: Approval of 2018 Auditor X Saturday, July 14, 2018, 08:00 - 12:00 Agenda Item Presenter Time Vote Page 13 Ultimate Committee Discussion Topics 60 min. 57 a) General Update Ultimate Chair b) Ultimate events 2018: WMUCC, WUCC, WU24 (2017) and WJUC Ultimate Chair c) Continental Championships 2019: Africa, Asia/Oceania, PanAmerica, Europe Ultimate Chair d) IWGA World Games Birmingham 2021 Ultimate Chair e) World University and International School Sport Championships Ultimate Chair f) Masters: World Masters Games Kansai 2021 Ultimate Chair g) Beach Ultimate - General Update and World Beach Games Beach Ultimate Chair h) Spirit of the Game - General Update SOTG Chair i) Other variations: Indoor, Wheelchair Executive Director j) Other Ultimate Chair 14 Disc Sports other than Ultimate 40 min. a) General Update President b) Disc Golf Disc Golf Chair or TBD 61 c) Freestyle Freestyle Chair or TBD 65 d) Overall/Field Events Overall Chair orTBD e) Guts Guts Chair or TBD f) WFDF governance issues relating to non-Ultimate Disc Sports President BREAK 15 Discussion Topic: Targeting the 2024 and 2028 Olympic Games President 40 min. 16 Commission Reports 20 min. a) Athletes' Commission Commission Chair b) Women in Sport Commission Commission Chair 67 c) Youth Commission Commission Chair d) Sport for All/Development Commission Commission Chair 17 Discussion Topic: Development and Governance of a MNA - case study KOR KUPA 25 min. 76 18 Continental Association Reports 15 min. a) Africa - AAFDF AAFDF President-TBD b) Asia/Oceania - AFDF AFDF President c) Europe - EFDF EFDF President 19 Other Business & Special Reports President 33 min. 20 Adjournment President 2 min. 445 min. 3 WFDF 2017 Annual Congress Agenda Royan, France, June 24, 2017, 07:30 am - 12:00 noon Palais des Congrès 1 Call to order (time: 07:49) Rauch welcomed the Congress participants and thanked the TOC for the organization of the WCBU and Congress venue. 2 Roll call of National Associations present & confirmation of votes allotted The list of participants and voting rights is annexed to the minutes as Annex 1. 3 2016 Congress Minutes (already approved) The 2016 Congress minutes were approved by Congress in an electronic vote and are included in the briefing book. 4 Decisions taken by Congress between 2016 and 2017 Congresses The decisions taken in between the 2016 and 2017 Congresses were included in the briefing book. 5 Report by the President Rauch referenced his written report and talked about the first official WFDF Test match which was played after WFDF had approved of the concept. He briefed the Congress on the development of the membership where WFDF is trying very much to institutionalize where playing activities are. Currently there are some 15 countries close to become institutionalized as a national member association, and WFDF may expect getting to 90 member associations by 2020. The principle being followed is to give each country where there is active disc sports activity the chance for membership, but to ensure that the applicant has established sufficient infrastructure to legitimately represent the interests of disc players with proper governance and a workable revenue model. On the Olympic movement side, the ANOC 2019 World Beach Games are still planned to be held but there is no further information or update yet. WFDF was accepted by the International Masters Games Association (IMGA) as a member one year ago and has participated in the Americas Masters Games in Vancouver (CAN). Morooka added that in 2021 Kansai (JPN) would host the World Masters Games and the city of Kyoto would offer a venue for a Flying Disc demonstration to be held there. Rauch reported about the FISU recognition achieved by WFDF after a long period of work and efforts. He also informed the Congress that there was an opportunity to apply for Flying Disc be added to the Urban Lab at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires (ARG) but one must wait to hear further on a chance and interest by the organizers from BAYOGOC to get in. Regarding Media, Rauch reported that WFDF has made considerable investments to have over 100 games live streamed in 2017 and had a CBS sport program in 2016, producing more clips and using more social media. WFDF has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Olympic channel. 4 WFDF has established an Advisory Council comprised of sports professions from outside of the federation. WFDF also has appointed the first ever Sustainability officer. On the development grant side, the funds allocated by the IOC and ARISF are required to go solely to development projects and Anti-Doping. 6 Report by the Executive Director Bernardi reported that WFDF is in the process of accepting its 75th member national association and reminded the participants that it is mandatory to have as many countries as possible attending Congress. He reported on increasing difficulties on getting new members admitted and assured that there are no proposals for membership unless there is a full trust in their reliability. WFDF is fully trying to apply the IOC Olympic Agenda 2020 criteria like sustainability, good governance, gender equity and youth. Addressing the latter, WFDF is entering into a co-operation with the International School Sport Federation (ISF) targeting to have the first Flying Disc School Sport World Championships 2019 in Le Mans (FRA). This also will help strengthening the ties in France, looking forward to a probable awarding of the 2024 Olympic Games to Paris. Bernardi encouraged the member associations to seek national recognition by their National Olympic Committees.